Determinants of the adoption of adaptation technologies in the face of climate change and the yield of potato and corn production in the Cusco region

The study analyzes the factors that stimulate farmers' decision to adopt climate change adaptation technologies (CCAT) and determine the effect of this decision on the yield of potato and corn production of small and medium farmers in the region of the Cusco Data from the National Agricultural Survey (NAS) from 2015 to 2017 are used and the estimate was made using the two-stage Heckman model. The results show that access to credit, membership in a producer association, commercialization in local markets and being male, drive the adoption of ccat. Technologies such as reservoir and irrigation, and machinery allow to improve production yield by 25% and 15% respectively. It is also shown that female-led agricultural units achieve a better level of performance.